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His father, Patrick, won the Stanley Cup four times and the Vezina Trophy as best goalie three times. He was never a mayor, however.

Let the merchandise campaign begin.

Of course, the royalties must be shared with Tuzzolino. He grew up in Buffalo and was well-versed in the legend of "Pominville." That's the fictional Rick Jeanneret-coined hamlet for Sabres fans where the "population" would grow every time Jason Pominville scored a goal.

What isn't clear in Roychester: does the population rise when Roy scores a goal, or gets into a fight?

"We'll just have to find out," Roy said.

The second-year forward — he plays center and left wing — has three goals and a team-leading seven fights in 20 games. It must be noted that Roy is also the Amerks smallest player, standing 5-foot-10 and weighing only 168 pounds.

"I know my role and will do whatever is necessary to help my team," he said. "I will always stick up for my teammates. I know what I have to do to make my team better."

Amerks coach Chadd Cassidy has suggested that Roy maybe try to fight someone his own size once in a while. Easier said than done. There aren't many players his size. And other smaller players aren't committing the transgressions that anger Roy.

"You'd like him to find somebody in his own weight class," Cassidy said. "But it's a double-edge sword. You want him to be him and you want him to get the guys up.

"But I think he has his own theory: 'The more I swing, the less chance I have of getting hit.' "

The scraps are just a part of what Roy does. He's not on the top lines and he doesn't get power-play time, yet he's invaluable — as a penalty killer, as a forechecker and as a momentum-changer.

"He's the straw that stirs the drink," Cassidy said. "He plays with a ton of intensity and a ton of fire and when guys see the kind of desire he has, at his size, it really lifts up the whole team."

And that's what he strives to do.

"No, I'm not going to score 50 goals but I'll play on the PK, I'll block shots and I can score goals once in a while," the 22-year-old Montreal native said.

He signed a one-year American Hockey League contract to play for the Amerks in the summer of 2012. He signed another one-year deal this past summer. He's determined to play in the NHL, however, even if his size and skating say he's a long shot to make it.

"He won't take no for an answer," Cassidy said.

Said Roy: "One thing I have that will get me to the next level is my determination. There's no limit to what I will do to compete on every shift."

Or for his team.

"If everyone plays for the guy beside them," Roy said, "who knows what can happen, because that will is so much stronger."